Bazooka skip plate with vmatting

[b.jmining530]

Yeah I think that skid plate is going to kick ass once I get some matting on it. Went out today and piece of gold stopped infrount of the grizzlies !!! I was so stocked I call the guys over that I went with to show them

 

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[russau]

It's all good!! It fist in pretty snugly. Like it took some effort to get it out. But I think these pins will do the trick. View attachment 1189775

I use these clipps on my dredge and other equipment. I also make a safty cord from some small diameter SS wire that's has a rubber coating on it. I hate loseing parts in the river when its so EZ not to!

 

[b.jmining530]

Well I am not sure who said you can see gold on the bazookas skid plate before the gtizzly bars. I replied saying I have never really looked before for gold there, well in the last 2 trip I have gone out I have been looking for gold stuck to the skid plate, well I have see several pieces stuck, so I am not sure if I need to continue with me project. But I am sure it wouldn't hurt to finish my project just to see if it works

 

[CA Gold Hunter]

It would be a little more permanent but you could take a soldering iron to a spot on the skid plate and make a few riffles that could catch gold, that would eliminate gold getting trapped underneath any type of matting and wouldn't stick up causing reduced water flow to the grizzlies. I'm in your same area up here in paradise and I probably just haven't found big enough gold to have it stick to the skid plate but every time I've pulled the dang thing outa the water there's been gold in the trap .

 

[b.jmining530]

Ca gold hunter I am not sure if you have seen the pictures of what I got made(in previous comments) but they just need matting a fit firmly into sluice. Also since you are from paradise, you might be interested in attending the monthly meeting of the NORTH VALLEY PROSPECTORS, it's a local prospecting club. We meet at the paradise dive center on skyway on the first Monday of each month at 7 pm

 

[CA Gold Hunter]

Ya I was hearing about that club up here. I joined the paradise ridge diggers a few months ago. Do you guys do a lot of outings every month? What fees are there to join?

 

[b.jmining530]

We are working on doing more outings as a club, it's 25 a year , currently working on getting a claim.